Improved device for holding rolled work while being stitched



XVM. M. MGGOY, OF BLOOMINGDALE, INDIANA.4

IIVIPROVED DEVICE FOR HOLDING ROLLED WORK WHILE BEING STITCHED.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 58, H17, datedSeptember 18, 1866.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, W. M. MOGOY, of Bloomingdale,in the coun tyof Parkeand State of I ndiana, have invented anew and Improved Dewvice forHolding Rolled Work while being Stitched; and I do hereby declare thatthe following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, whichwill enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of thisspecifica-tion, in which- Figure l is aA side elevation of my device.Fig. 2 is a section taken on the plane of the line x, Fig. 1. Fig.8 isatra nsverse vertical section taken on the plane ot' the line yy, Fig.l.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

My invention is designed for the use of h arnese-makers for holdingrolled Work while stitching the same; and it consists in adeviceprovided with a grooved bed for the work to lie in, and at either endwith a band orits equivalent operated by a set-screw forholding the workfirmly While being stitched.

A designates a bed-piece of any suitable material, say `cast-iron, andthis is provided along its upper face, and running parallel with itslength, with a groove, a., into which the rolled work is placed, asshown in red in the several figures, particularly in Fig. rlhrough anenlarged portion of each end of this bed-piece A there is made a slot orbore, b, and into this there is fitted' to slide up and down a band, b,which, in the present instance,

has a rounding top and a Hat base. The top is made rounding tocorrespond to the rolled work. G is a set-screw projecting into the baseof the band b and engaging with a screwthread cut thereon. Thisset-screw O carries a thumb-piece, c, for turning it, and it has acollar, l), secured to it, which is fitted in the mouth ofthe bore iusuch manner as to preventthe screw from losingits proper position.

From the above description it will be seen that it' the rolled work beplaced in the groove a with the parts to be stitched togetherLippermost., the work may be quickly clamped and held iirmly by merelyturning the set-screw C in the proper manner.

The whole device may be held in a clamp in the usual manner.

rlhe advantages of a device of the kind illustrated are many. It issimple, easily operated, and by its use much trouble and ve-Xation toharness-makers will be avoided.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A device for holding rolled work while being stitched, constructed andoperating substantiall y as specifiedthat is to say, the bed-piece A,having a groove, a, along its upper face, and provided with atighteningband, B, operated by a set-screw, U, substantially as shownand described.

' Vf. M. MoU/OY.

lVitnesses:

NATHAN DAVIEs, WM. H. NYE.

